- homespun home·spun
- ['həʊmˌspʌn]
1. adjfig alla buona
homespun philosophy — filosofia spicciola
2. ntessuto filato a mano
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homespun home·spun
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home|spun — «HOHM SPUHN», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. spun or made at home: »homespun yarn. 2. made of homespun cloth. 3. Figurative. not polished; plain; simple: »homespun manners. SYNONYM(S): unsophisticated, unvarnished, homely, unpolished, rud … Useful english dictionary
Homespun — Home spun, a. 1. Spun or wrought at home; of domestic manufacture; coarse; plain. Homespun country garbs. W. Irving. [1913 Webster] 2. Plain in manner or style; not elegant; rude; coarse. Our homespun English proverb. Dryden. Our homespun authors … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Homespun — Home spun, n. 1. Cloth made at home; as, he was dressed in homespun. [1913 Webster] 2. An unpolished, rustic person. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
homespun — [ omspɶn ] n. m. • 1890; mot angl. « filé (spun) à la maison » ♦ Anglic. Tissu écossais primitivement fabriqué à domicile par des artisans. ⇒HOMESPUN, subst. masc. Tissu de laine fabriqué, à l origine, à domicile, par des artisans d Écosse.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
homespun — home•spun [[t]ˈhoʊmˌspʌn[/t]] adj. 1) tex spun or made at home: homespun cloth[/ex] 2) tex made of homespun: homespun clothing[/ex] 3) plain; simple: homespun humor[/ex] 4) tex a plain weave cloth made at home or of homespun yarn 5) tex any cloth … From formal English to slang
homespun — [hōm′spun΄] n. 1. cloth made of yarn spun at home 2. coarse, loosely woven cloth like this adj. 1. spun or made at home 2. made of homespun 3. plain; unpretentious; homely [homespun virtues] … English World dictionary
homespun — (adj.) 1580s, spun at home,” from HOME (Cf. home) + SPUN (Cf. spun). Figurative sense of “plain, homely” is from c.1600. As a noun, from c.1600 … Etymology dictionary
Homespun — Home|spun 〈[ hoʊmspʌn] n. 15; Textilw.〉 urspr. in der schottischen Heimindustrie hergestelltes, grobes, genopptes Wollgewebe für sportliche Kleidung [engl., „zu Hause gesponnen“] * * * Homespun [ həʊmspʌn; englisch »hausgesponnen«, »selbst… … Universal-Lexikon
homespun — home|spun [ˈhəumspʌn US ˈhoum ] adj 1.) homespun ideas are simple and ordinary 2.) homespun cloth is woven at home … Dictionary of contemporary English
homespun — home|spun [ houm,spʌn ] adjective 1. ) simple and not learned from books: homespun ideas/philosophy/wisdom 2. ) homespun clothes are made from cloth that has someone has produced at home … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Homespun — Home|spun [...spʌn] das od. der; s, s <aus gleichbed. engl. homespun, eigtl. »Hausgesponnenes«> grobfädiger, früher handgesponnener noppiger Wollstoff … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
